The new TF marketplace

Originally Posted by Salathe I'll probably reply with more thought at some later point, but my ongoing desire is something that you mentioned above: to make the marketplace its own separate entity (in essence, separate "business" from "pleasure" [that's not to mean just larking around]).

Originally Posted by Hero I'd also like to see it seperated, maybe not even listed in the subforums list but as some sort of seperate tab. An application something like sitepoint used to have, but keep it free

The original plan was to separate the community from the marketplace. That way we can expand the community discussions and also build a very nice and more efficient marketplace application.

Originally Posted by Dan The only suggestion I can offer is somehow prevent the crap being listed, just outright stop people from listing until they're approved to sell things.

How do you see such approval system working? How and who will make those calls?

Originally Posted by Artashes How do you see such approval system working? How and who will make those calls?

Creating a vB user group for "merchants" or "marketplace sellers" or whatever, and set it up so that people can apply to join. You can put links around the forums saying that if you want to make sales on our marketplace you must apply with so and so details.

The users will apply for the group and a moderator can review whether or not he fits the requirements and take a decision accordingly.